Experimental study of incompressible Richtmyer-Meshkov instability

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 405-415

  Jacobs, J W ^a   Sheeley, J M ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INSTABILITY; RICHTMEYER-MESHKOV; TWO-PHASE FLOW(LIQUID/LIQUID; RICHTMYER-MESHKOV;

EID: 0000324120     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868794     Document Type: Article

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